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Intellectual property

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Patents

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OPENESS TO MTRSWIPO

What is it about?

The Paris Convention is the oldest multilateral treaty for the protection of industrial property. It applies to industrial property rights, including patents, trademarks, industrial designs, utility models, trade names, indications of source, appellations of origin and the repression of unfair competition. The substantive provisions of the Convention fall into three main categories: national treatment, right of priority and common rules. The Convention mandates that each contracting State must grant the same advantages to nationals of other contracting States as it grants to its own nationals in matters related to industrial property. The right of priority in the case of patents means that, on the basis of a regular first application filed in one of the contracting States, the applicant may, within a certain period of time apply for protection in any of the other contracting States; these later applications will then be regarded as if they had been filed on the same day as the first application. In other words, these later applications will have priority over applications that may have been filed during the said period of time by other persons for the same invention, utility model, mark or industrial design.

Why is it relevant?

By becoming a party to this instrument, a State facilitates its nationals in obtaining protection for their inventions in other contracting States. This encourages the transfer of technology to contracting States and creates an economic climate that attracts foreign investments.

Additional Information

The Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property was revised on 6 November 1925 at The Hague, on 2 June 1934 in London, on 31 October 1958 in Lisbon and on 14 July 1967 in Stockholm. It was further modified on 28 September 1979. The Assembly, the Executive Committee, and the International Bureau of WIPO carry out the administrative tasks of the Convention. In 2003 the number of patents worldwide was estimated at some 3.7 million. The Paris Convention also created the International Union for Industrial Property.

An agreement for the supply of services to a client. Items include when and how the services will be provided, how long the agreement will last, how much the services will cost and damages for non-performance by either party.

An agreement under which a commercial agent negotiates the sale or purchase of goods on behalf of another person (the principal).

Thiscontract is intended for a situation when a commercial agent negotiates the sale or purchase of goods on behalf of another entity, called a principal. An agent may be a person or a company. If an agent is a person they are never considered an employee of the principal. When the contract is for products, a principal may be a distributor.

The contract is to be used for the introduction, promotion, negotiation, and sales of products or services.

The parties may be subject to mandatory laws of their jurisdiction, regardless of the language of their contract.

Model contract models are general frameworks only. They must be tailored to the specific circumstances of the users.

An agreement for the distribution of manufactured goods, between a supplier and a distributor, whether or not the supplier is the manufacturer of the goods.

Thiscontract is intended for a situation when a commercial agent negotiates the sale or purchase of goods on behalf of another entity, called a principal. An agent may be a person or a company. If an agent is a person they are never considered an employee of the principal. When the contract is for products, a principal may be a distributor.

The contract is to be used for the introduction, promotion, negotiation, and sales of products or services.

The parties may be subject to mandatory laws of their jurisdiction, regardless of the language of their contract.

Model contract models are general frameworks only. They must be tailored to the specific circumstances of the users.

An agreement under which the client wants the manufacturer to design, manufacture and deliver certain goods, which the client intends to integrate into its own final products or its services.

Thiscontract models is for the distribution of manufactured goods between a supplier and a distributor. The specific focus is the supply of goods intended for retail sale.

It includes the responsibilities of the supplier and the distributor, territorial restrictions, electronic commerce, distribution requirements, support and training, intellectual property, and termination. It also addresses items such as price, payments, warranties, distribution and territory limitations.

While the model contract models does include many specific areas, please note that all model contracts are general frameworks only. They must be tailored to the specific circumstances of the users.

An agreement for the long-term supply of manufactured goods between a supplier and a customer. This model contract model is used when there are going to be repeat transactions over a long period of time, possibly years, as opposed to a single one-time transaction. Thismanufacturing contract is for a client who wants a manufacturer to design, make, and deliver goods that the client will integrate into their own final product or services.

This contract includes clauses on equipment and technology transfers as well as intellectual property. It addresses what the client must supply or transfer to the manufacturer and the duration of the contract. It does not cover the supply of labor or services.

Model contract models are general frameworks only. They must be tailored to the specific circumstances of the users.

An agreement for the sale of manufactured goods between a seller and a buyer. It contains added specifications and explanations on issues such as lack of conformity and limitation of the sellers’ liability.

Thiscontract models is intended for the long-term supply of manufactured goods between a supplier and a customer. It should be used when there will be repeat transactions over a long period of time.

Items addressed include provisions for the procedure for ordering and delivering goods, establishing prices and payments, liabilities and the duration of the contract.

This model contract is not for commodities or where goods are supplied for resale by a distributor. In these cases, see the model contract models for the International Distribution of Goods [LINK].

Model contract models are general frameworks only. They must be tailored to the specific circumstances of the users.